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torˈmented, ppl. a.
[f. torment v. + -ed1.]
1. In senses of the vb.
1552Huloet, Tourmented, cruciatus, excruciatus. 1686A. Horneck Crucif. Jesus v. 72 A fiery serpent..a symbol of God's presence and power to heal the tormented Israelites. 1808G. Edwards Pract. Plan iii. 16 Evils, which our tormented imaginations apprehend. 1822Scott Pirate vii, More than once, large fragments..gave way before him, and thundered down into the tormented ocean.
2. U.S. slang. Used adjectivally and adverbially as a mild equivalent of damned ppl. a. 4.
1825J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 138 They hadn't come such a tormented long piece. 1867J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. p. lix, Tormented, euphemism for damned, as, ‘not a tormented cent’. 1903G. S. Wasson Cap'n Simeon's Store 86 It don't look right for nobody..to take and hang on to them tormented ole witch-bridles so-fashion! 1938M. K. Rawlings Yearling xi. 119 ‘Look at him,’ she said. ‘Tormented Yankee. His feet drag like a 'gator's tail.’
Hence torˈmentedly adv.
1891Longm. Mag. Mar. 531 She was going to break out tormentedly, pleadingly: ‘For God's sake tell me!’ |